Method and apparatus for manufacturing imitation metallic and coloring foil films



FACTUR'ING IMITATIQN April 13 1926.

- GUBIN v I METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANU ETALLIC AND COLORING FOIL FILMS Filed May 21 1925 Patented Apr; 13, .1926.

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e To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD Guam. a citizen of the Republic of Austria, and a resident of 15 Grunberggasse, Vienna, XII,

Austria, have invented new and useful Imrovements in a Method and Apparatus for Rianufacturing Imitation Metallic and Col.- oring Foil Films, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacturing of filmlike continuous bronze or colorpowder foils or leafs especially for stamping purposes and has for its ob ect to provide a process and an apparatus, by means of which such films can be made automatically and .in best quality and quite ready for stamping.

Hitherto such films have been made from solutions of filmforming matter. This way requires a hard film support of greatest smoothness, highly aration of the surface of the film support and atreatment of the film for stripping it from the support. a The films made from solutions are not equal in the thickness, have high moisture, are therefore too tough, and

have either no reliable size-layer or no reliable connection of this-layer with the bronze or foil-layer.

improved method in which I employ in molten condition the substances coating the moving film su port. Thiscoatin forms a bearing-layer or the foil-film an maybe of'wax, resin or fusible in in composition with smiillquantities o oil'or rease and asphalt. In this way it is possib e to bring the molten coating, when stiffened, always again in molten or'soft condition'and to effect a firm connection of this layer'with the coloring or foil matter laid on this bearing vlayer and forming the foil-film; further the molten matter permits the \fo'r'mationof a layer of equal'thickness upon a support of any material, for example paper; the asphalt in the bearing-layer preventing the. entrance of the layer-substanceinto the surface of the.

su port.

- he remeltingmand the added oil in the bearing-layer su tance assures also the easy stripping of the film from the suport, as the oil effects in soft condition of t e layer skilled workmen, a prop up These inconveniences are removed by II 1y a separation of this the support, specially, if pa er or the like.

inally this bearing-layer (after being arated from the sup ort) can be heated the moisture, withfor removing the rest 0 out danger of disintegrating, in molten condition. v v I The heating of the bearing-layer takes place by covered heating device situated below the film-sup orting band of paper and effecting throug the moving band: first, to keep the,-molten substances in molten condition during the formin layer, second,-.remelting the stiffened 'bearing-layer for intense connection of this layer with the next rate the film' from the support-band. last'heating 'device' directly facilitates the separation-of the ,filmstrip from the suport band.

an ap 'aratus for carrying out accor ing to the invention is shown in diagrammatically artly in elevation and partly in vertica section. The manufacturing of the foil-film takes place on this apparatuses follows: 7

- The support or band of paper a wound up the roller b and round the driven roller 0 and guided by rolls d is provided on the portion ture from the crucible or molten condition of'the mixture being main.-

film-layer and third, to sepa- 7 In the annexed drawing -ah example of the method I e thereof with molten resin mixcontainer h, the

layer from the surface of the support is of because formed of the bearingtained by heating devices 5. The band a, set" in motion,*passes a spreadin device f, the loweredge of which is space slightly as at k above the-surface of the band and may be invertically adjusted'to cause a thin layer of the molten mixture to. be deposited on the surface of the band a; This film or layer stifiens at once after passin' said member f andis coated on the'portion with the coloring or other foil matter consisting of a color of the band a or bronze powder in mixture with a solution of varnish, that is to say Cellit or Zapon orgum, approximately parts of powder to 60 parts of varnish, this matter being deposited in a fine la er by an oblique 5 reading device m movab y mounted on-a orizontal axle,

7 ,After passing this spreading device m and the coating of this layer on the portion a of the band a, when the new coat is dried, the first layer is remolten by a heating deviceo. In this way I effect a firm connection of both layers and form a film'of uniform thickness. Thus the upper part of my film consists of coloring matter or bronze whereas the lower part thereof is resinous.

After passing over the heater 0 the film stifiens again and then it becomes separated from the band surface by a heating device 12, mounted below the portion of the paper band a. The film is' stripped f i'om the band and guided without the band a way, on which it becomes directly heated by heating device after which it becomes again unitedto the and a and moved with it by aid of a swin 'ng mounted roller 7', which presses the Elba on the band, guiding it to the cutting device 8, while the band is winding round the roller 0.

into a suitable holder as shown.

The method may be also carried out on a endless band.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1'. The method for the manufacture of imitation metallic and coloring foil films by applying the film matter to 2. moved support comprising sized fabric or sized backing or supporting band, the first layer of the film bemg applied to the support in a molten state.

2. The herein described method of manufacturing imitation metallic and coloring foil films consisting in applying a bearing layer of film on a supporting band, permltting said bearing layer to stiffen, applying a layer of coloring matter on said heated bearing layer, reheating said bearing layer and separating said foil film from said supportir ig1 band.

3. v e method of manufacturing imitation metallic and coloring foil films consisting in applying a bearing film of adhesive fusible matter while in a molten state on a supporting band, causing said bearing film to stiffen, applying a layer of coloring matter on said bearing ayer, and reheating said bearing layer after said coloring layer has been applied thereto.

4. In a method for manufacturing imitation metallic or coloring foil-films the forming in molten condition of a bearing-layer, with imitation metallic or coloring matter after stiffening of the bearing layer and remelting by heattion metallic or coloring foil-films the formfilm of this layer with 1 material, coating this layer ing the bearmg layer for firm connecting the coatin matter. 5. In a method for menu acturing imitaing in molten condition on a movin support of paper a bearing-layer of a esive with a composi- The cutting device causes the film to drop in superposed strlps tion of imitation metallic or color matter with a solution of varnish after stiffening of-the first layer, heating the last for inten-- sive connecting of this with the second layer, stiffening a ain and heatin again the lower surface of t e support and caring-layer for separating the film from the support.

6. In a method for manufacturin imitation metallic and coloring foil-fi s the forming in molten condition on a moving film support a bearing-layer of fusible material, coating this layer with imitation metallic or color matter in composition, drying, remelting, stifiening, and reheating the layers, stripping the film from the support and heating the separated film.

7. In a method for manufacturing imita-' tion metallic or coloring foil-films forming in molten condition on a moving support a bearing-layer, coating this layer after stiffening wit imitation metallic or coloring matter in composition, drying this matter, remeltin the bearing-layer, stifi'ening, then reheating the below surface for separating the film from the support, stripping the film from the support, heating the separated film, uniting again the film with the support and guiding both to a cutting device.

8. In apparatus for manufacturing imitation metallic or coloring foil films, a band of paper, means to move said band continuously, containers above the band for a plying the film forming matters to the band, bars directed against the upper surface of 1 the band to stow the matters forming the film, and heating devices arranged-underneath the band at suitable points.

9. In apparatus for manufacturing imitation metallic or coloring foil films, a band 1 of paper, means to move said band continuously, a container for applying the molten material to the band, a vertical bar adjustable in height, placed behind this container near to the surface of the band and 110 a heating device underneath the band to maintain the molten material in front of the bar in molten state.

10. In apparatus for manufacturing imitation metallic or coloring foil films, a band 115 of paper, means to move said band continuously, a container for applying the molten material to the band, a vertical bar adjustable in hei ht, placed behind this container near tot e surface of theband, a sec- 120 ondcontainer for. applying the bronze or coloring mixture to the band, a bar behind this second container, set obliquely to the band, and being rockable about a horiizontal axis, and a heating device arranged 125 under the band and behind the bar for drying the applied layer of bronze mixing.

11. In apparatus for manufacturing imitation metallic or coloring 'foil films, a band of paper, means to move said band continuously, containers above the band for heating device arranged underneath the appilying the film forming matters to the separated film, and means to guide the film. han bars directed against the upper suragain united with the band to a cutting 10 face of the band to stow the matters formdevice.

'5 ing the film, and heating devices arranged In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. underneath the band at suitable points, means for separating the film from the band, RICHARD GUBIN.- 

